The kanji 祭: meaning, readings and stroke order

祭

Meaning: festival
On reading: サイ sai
Kun reading: まつ（る） matsuru、まつ（り） matsuri
Strokes: 11
Radical: 示 sign
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lễ hội (tế)
Japanese: おまつり。
Korean: 축제 (제)
Chinese: 节日、祭祀

Readings, words and example sentences

サイ sai · on reading

祭さい日じつ
holiday
今日は 祭さい日じつで学校が休みです。
Today is a holiday, so there is no school.

まつ（る） matsuru · kun reading · less common

祭まつる
to worship, to honor (a god)
この神社では山の神を 祭まつって います。
This shrine honors the god of the mountain.

まつ（り） matsuri · kun reading

祭まつり
festival
夏の 祭まつりが楽しみです。
I am looking forward to the summer festival.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.